Rogernomics not deemed interesting

An interesting comment on my Royal Society funding piece:

There is no biography of Sir Roger Douglas. As a Senior Lecturer in History, I asked the Marsden Fund to support my biography of Douglas. They ranked my application 62 out of 62, dismissing it with the shallow comment, “The topic of Rogernomics is not all that exciting.” This is political bigotry. It shows the poor quality of the Royal Society’s thinking, which has since been exposed on other topics. 

It does seem incredible that they would declare there is no interest in Rogernomics as even 40 years on it is vigorously debated and Douglas is probably the most influential MP in NZ history who was not Prime Minister. I bet you a biography on a left wing political figure of the same stature would not be ranked last.